Thursday, November 8, 2012

Schools started by a professionals to teach Kannada

Usually parents want their
wards to study in English Medium schools. But, here is a group of
professionals who were not happy with the present primarily British
education system, started a school and are imparting education in
Kannada.

Naming the school has
Arivu, a group of four members Dr MC Manohar, Dr Maruthi (PhD in
Chemistry), Renowned Theater Artiste Berty F Olivera and a
Businessmen Raghavendra started the school.

Students are engaged in
nature walks, star watching, karnatic musics, theater, desi sports,
tabla, workshops that provides a platform. Apart this they will be
taken for tour and they will be informed about heritage buildings in
state, and will be screened documents on historical places of
Karnataka, hills, and peaks, making children to feel proud about
State.

This quartet say the
current education system is very bookish and theoretical and not at
all useful. There is no practical approach and students are made to
mugup in classroom without giving any lively experience.

“Primarily British
education system is not a new phenomenon and Mahatma Gandhi had
warned us against its ill effect in 1908. Its need of the hour
parents should think of giving knowledge for children, instead of
making them educated,” they say.

The school was started
with three students in a small farm shared by a friend in 2008. In a
drastic change, from last four years the school strength holds 45 and
classes are hold upto 5th standard. Now, the school has
come long way and has staff of around 25, which includes teachers,
visiting faculty, resource persons and admin.

Added to this, CS
Sudarshana's former bank employee, left permanent job for the passion
of teaching in the school. The school is now all set to transform
into a learning centre and will be hoisting a resource centre and a
butterfly park in an environmental friendly campus.